Eugenia Oi Yan Yau

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Eugenia Oi Yan Yau is associate professor of music at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York. At BMCC, she teaches private voice and directs choirs including the Select Chorus and Downtown Chorus which she founded in the spring of 2005 and Fall of 2006. In addition, she serves as Director of Music for the Family Ministries at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.

Prior to her career in the East coast, Yau was the director of music at Olivet College (Michigan) and also taught at Southwestern College (Kansas). At SC, her experiences in global music and cultures, led to her appointment as director of Global Voices, an ensemble that she conceived and developed in 2002.

Besides her teaching duties, Yau maintains an active schedule of presenting lecture-recitals on Chinese, German and American art songs at institutions including the University of Texas, University of Michigan, National University of Singapore, Hong Kong Baptist University and De La Salle Lipa University in the Philippines.

She has also performed as soloist with the Borough of Manhattan Community College Downtown Symphony Orchestra, Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra, University of Texas Opera Theatre and Symphony Orchestra and Southwest Texas State University Chorale and Orchestra.

Yau received her Bachelor's Degree in Music at Hong Kong Baptist University, Master's Degree at Texas State University, Doctor of Musical Arts in vocal performance at the University of Texas at Austin and completed a Master of Business Administration at Southwestern College.

Yau also received numerous professional recognitions including the Fellowship Diploma of Singing from Trinity College of Music in London, and the Licentiate Diploma of Singing from Royal Schools of Music at London.